Vice Chairman of State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win inspects agriculture, livestock breeding tasks in Bahtoo Station
Nay Pyi Taw April 3
Vice Chairman of State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win, accompanied by his entourage, arrived at the model agriculture and livestock breeding zone of the animal breeding and training battalion this afternoon and inspected cultivation of seasonal crops, crops for land treatment and jade tissue bananas, breeding layers in fixed farms above water and air-conditioned closed farms, breeding milk cows and beef cows through artificial insemination methods and breeding DYL pigs before giving necessary instructions to officials on their reports.
Then, the Vice-Senior General and party inspected the production and distribution of quality vegetable seeds including pumpkins, gourds, long beans, chili, lady's fingers, mustard greens and eggplants to battalions and units and outside markets at cheaper prices and trial production of quality natural fertilizers from manure of mules/ horses bred in the battalion and animal wastes of chickens, pigs and cattle from the modal livestock breeding zone and animal vaccines and officials conducted round the Vice-Senior General and party.
Then, the Vice-Senior General and party inspected the breeding of layers in farms, equipment for artificial insemination of cattle on display and the pig breeding farms and officials conducted round the Vice-Senior General and party. In the agriculture and livestock breeding zone, first pigs that were bred through artificial insemination on a trial basis for the battalion and an artificially inseminated female pig can give birth to as many as 12 piglets and pork pigs are also bred at the farm.
In connection with pig breeding, the Vice-Senior General said there are two methods of pig breeding such as natural breeding and artificial insemination. In natural breeding, a female pig can be impregnated at one time but from three to five female pigs can be impregnated at one time. As piglets that are bred through artificial insemination are healthier and have faster growth rates, it is necessary to continue to conduct research on piglets that are bred through artificial insemination based on their age groups.
In conclusion, the Vice-Senior General urged officers to breed more pigs in addition to currently bred 256 pork pigs in order to distribute more pork to battalions and units in the station, government staff and local residents.
Afterward, the Vice-Senior General and party proceeded to the integrated farm (Bahtoo Sam) of the Tatmadaw (Army) Combat Training School (Bahtoo) and inspected the construction of a small dam with the assistance of the Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department, development of new farmland, cultivation of summer paddy, potatoes and soya beans in the new farmland and asked matters of interest to officers from the Tatmadaw (Army) Combat Training School (Bahtoo) before coordinating their efforts.